Budget Impasse Cripples a Few Charities, but Bigger Cuts May Follow

U.S. Air Force/Katrina Heikkinen
Meals on Wheels says that automatic spending cuts that took effect this spring because of Congressional inaction have caused 70 percent of the group's programs to trim services.

By Alex Daniels

Phone calls from homeless people and domestic-abuse victims keep pouring into Community Information and Referral Services. But increasingly the phones ring and ring with no answer.

The Arizona group, which directs callers to nearby shelters and other…

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